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Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Supreme Court judgement of 30th April 2009 allowed the report of the inspector to be circulated to certain bodies. These certain bodies are those as listed in the interlocutory order made by the High Court on 22 April 2005 and are as follows – (i) the Garda National Immigration Bureau (ii) the Competition Authority (iii) the Director of Corporate Enforcement (iv) the Garda Fraud Squad...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: This application was refused on the grounds it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits only for highly skilled, highly paid positions or for non-EEA nationals who are already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits or where there is an officially recognised scarcity of workers of a particular type or qualification. Furthermore, the position on offer is...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (17 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: Section 9 of the Redundancy Payments Act 2003 amended section 39(2)(b) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 by providing that Vice-Chairmen of the Employment Appeals Tribunal should, before their appointment, each have had not less than 5 years experience as a practising barrister or practising solicitor. That was meant to be an underpinning, in legislation, of the fact that Vice Chairmen have...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 191 together. The Government introduced an Employment Subsidy Scheme (Temporary) in the context of rising unemployment to help employees retain their jobs while at the same time assisting employers in retaining their productive capacity. The purpose of the scheme is to support the maintenance of vulnerable jobs and thereby: Help the economy retain its...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am advised by FÁS that there has been no withdrawal of funding for the Return to Education Programme and contracts are currently being prepared and issued for the next term.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 175 to 181, inclusive, and 202 together. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received a number of statutory Lump Sum applications from the relevant individuals in respect of their former employment with Irish Dresden (In Liquidation). My understanding is that the lump sum applications for the former employees of Irish Dresden are currently...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: The number of persons signing on to the live register in the Tallaght region as at end August 2009, stands at 10,121, an increase of 87% over the last twelve months, the number of people under 25 years of age signing on in Tallaght was 2,563 in August 2009 an 85% increase from August 2008. This reflects the national trend over that period as the economic crisis has taken hold. (Live Register...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I assume that the Deputy is referring to a matter which has been referred to the Labour Court. The Labour Court is an independent statutory body which acts independently in the carrying out of its functions. The Deputy's question would relate to a matter concerning the day-to-day operation of the Court, and is one in which I have no function.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: An employer who pays redundancy to a qualified employee is entitled to seek a rebate from the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in the order of 60% of the statutory amount. The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received statutory redundancy rebate applications from the employer concerned in respect of three of his former employees. In the case of one of the applications the rebate...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has completed the processing of the redundancy application for the individual concerned and that a statutory redundancy lump sum payment was authorised on the 28th of August 2009. Payment of the amount involved will follow shortly thereafter.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: There are 41, 854 claims currently on hand as of 4th September 2009. This figure includes claims at various stages of processing, including those which were incomplete and/or which require further information to allow processing to be completed.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 190 together. At the end of quarter 1, the Quarterly National Household Survey youth unemployment rate stood at 19.3%; the Central Statistics Office will release quarter 2 figures at the end of September. The Government is aware of the difficulty of providing suitable opportunities for young people in the current downturn. A number of measures have...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: The total number of training and work experience activation places funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment through FÁS in 2009 stands at over 130,000. This compares to the 66,000 equivalent places that were delivered in 2008. The breakdown of the 16,525 training and work experience activation places announced in the April 2009 Budget includes the following: An...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: Under the National Employment Action Plan Preventive Strategy, persons on the Live Register who reach certain unemployment duration thresholds and who are in receipt of the Jobseeker's Allowance/Benefit are systematically referred by the Department of Social and Family Affairs (DSFA) to FÁS and Local Employment Service personnel for assistance. As part of this process, just over 8,100...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: The allocation of funding and places for the FÁS Mid West Region is fully committed for 2009 and, unfortunately, it is not possible to facilitate the organisation with additional participants. Funding for the FÁS Mid West Region in 2010 will only become clear when the 2010 Estimates process has been completed.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: The Redundancy Payments Section of my Department has received a number of applications from the employer in question in relation to the individuals concerned. One of these claims has already been paid. The two remaining applications, which were received during March await processing. Fairness to all claimants claims are processed in order of date received. The Department is currently...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: Payment of statutory redundancy is, in the first instance, a matter for the employer. Currently the statutory entitlement for eligible employees amounts to two weeks pay per year of service plus a bonus week subject to a ceiling of €600 per week. The primary function my Department has in this area, is to ensure that all eligible employees receive their statutory entitlements -either from...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: In late 2003 the National Implementation Body (NIB), which comprises representatives from the Department of the Taoiseach, IBEC/CIF and ICTU, commissioned Mr. Phil Flynn and Mr. Tom Mallon to examine the reasons for the pattern of industrial relations difficulties in the bricklaying sector of the construction industry. The Report was delivered to the NIB in October 2006 and made available to...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Sep 2009)

Dara Calleary: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons (including those with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps long-term unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment...